Drinking water impurities
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, May 10 2013 :
Residents of Thoubal district headquarters have avoided collecting water from pipe water supply, the main source of drinking water, as the water coming through the pipe is found reportedly impure.
The residents within the Thoubal Municipal Council have told this reporter that the water coming though the pipe is found to be hazardous for consumption as it visibly contained dirty and impure particles.
They said that consumption of the water, which is reportedly generated from the river, could pose health hazard to the locals.
When the matter was highlighted to the concerned officials, the locals were told that the impurities were caused by addition of some water treatment chemicals like bleaching powder.
It has also been learnt that most of the high level officials of the PHED Thoubal division were found irregular in their office attendance.